Published by The i paper (1st November, 2021) The BBC – battered, bruised and in near-perpetual crisis – is indulging in another bout of navel-gazing with launch of […]
Africa / Ethiopia / Technology
Support journalists, not countries that jail them
Published in The Guardian (August 5th, 2013) ‘I am jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse. For all of us, […]
Aid / Technology
Media short-changes the poor with soft-soap aid coverage
Published in The Guardian (17th March, 2013) For several weeks, BBC television seems to have been dominated by build-up to Friday’s Red Nose Day, with worthy dramas and special […]
Technology
An epic, tragic blunder – but we must not let the BBC self-destruct
Published in The Independent on Sunday (November 11th, 2012) A few days ago, chatting to one of the country’s most senior Tories, I was shocked when he asked […]
Syria / World
A brave reporter and her passion for speaking the truth
Published in the Daily Mail (February 23rd, 2012) The air was thick with tear gas, angry crowds confronted soldiers aiming bullets at their eyes, and motorcycle ambulances driven […]